Treatment Foster Care Therapist

Job Type
Part-time
Description
PSG/CIP is a multi-service community-based social services organization that fulfills its mission of helping individuals and families to achieve their greatest potential through dynamic, cost-effective, and innovative programming responsive to the needs of diverse communities.
WHY WORK FOR PSG/CIP?

• Be part of a great team that is passionate and dedicated to making a difference in the community!
• We provide clinical supervision hours for licensure
• Opportunities for advancement
• Professional development
• Great work-life balance
• Competitive benefits package, including: paid time off and company holidays; health, vision, dental, and life insurance; short and long term disability; 401k and profit sharing.
• Mileage reimbursement

JOB SUMMARY
This position provides counseling services to foster children, foster families, and biological parents to maintain placement and permanency plans. This position coordinates all deemed services and maintains communication with the social worker and other service providers.
Salary: $21.00/hour
Schedule: The hours of work for this position are varied, but typically are Monday through Friday during the business hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. However, the position may require several evenings per week to accommodate the needs of program clients.
Essential Functions:

• Interview and evaluate families to complete the intake process.
• Formulate, implement, evaluate and review client treatment plans.
• Counsel clients in accordance with their treatment plans.
• Exercise judgment to intervene as an advocate for clients in emergency and crisis situations.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skill in addressing family system, mental health, parenting, and alcohol/drug issues through individual, family, and group counseling.
• Organize and facilitate structured group, individual and family counseling to treatment child, foster parents and biological parents as required.
• Attend client court proceedings and provide updates on treatment progress, as required.
• Report client progress to Department of Human Services and make appropriate recommendations.
• Provide thorough and accurate updates on clients and make appropriate recommendations in regular and special staffings
• Coordinate services and maintain communication with all service providers involved with the clients.
• Complete proper documentation as per program standards.
• Safely transport clients as needed.

Requirements

• Must have a Master's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Must have reliable transportation on a daily basis, a valid driver's license and automobile insurance.
• Previous experience working with at-risk youth and families with multiple issues required.